I have been friends with Amanda for many years, and when she asked me to photograph her wedding I naturally refused. I'd read how hard it is to photograph weddings, and believe that you need a pro photographer. But she has better willpower than me, and after a couple of weeks of wheedling I gave in.
I found this to be a very interesting experience, and I take my hat off to you guys who do this for a living.
1. The wedding was an intimate event with family and some friends. The ceremony was a Humanist wedding, and was the first one I had been to. All of the wedding party were asked to say something about the Bride and Groom, and in this shot the best man was clearly saying something that amused both the bride and groom!
2. White. Who was the sadist who chose white for wedding dresses? Particularly outdoor weddings. Couldn't 18% grey have been chosen? Joking aside, I found the exposures really hard to get anywhere near correct throughout the day.
3. The couple held hands during a large part of the vows.
4. After the ceremony, a few posed photos in an adjacent field...
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The couple had done an astounding amount of work to refurbish their cottage in time to have it ready for the wedding. In just five weeks it had gone from being in a terrible state to a truly beautiful house and garden. So these photographs were to commemorate the work that had been done to get to this stage
6. Dratted lens flare...
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8. And a little bit of post processing of the bride...
So, conclusions? Wedding photography is hard and the pressure is on all the time. I don't know how to get effective and consistent meeting on my camera outside (I normally use it for indoor stage photographs), and I don't know how to get the results I want without a lot of work in Lightroom.
But it was great fun, and they are a great couple. I really did enjoy the experience!
C+C invited on the photographs!
regards,
/alan
I'm not quite so convinced about tartan trousers!
